And so it ends, not with a bang, like most of his towering home runs, but with a whimper. Mark McGwire admitted to using steroids for much of his career. The fact is he virtually admitted as much back in March of 2005 when he wouldn’t address whether or not he had taken steroids in [...]
Filed under: Coaching, Parenting on January 20th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On the heels of the firing of Kansas football coach Mark Mangino (written about earlier in a previous blog), Texas Tech has just suspended head coach Mike Leach from coaching in the Valero Alamo Bowl for allegedly going “Dursley” on redshirt sophomore receiver Adam James, son of ESPN analyst Craig James, confining him twice to [...]
Filed under: Coaching on December 29th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If you’ve ever had a child involved in youth sports, you undoubtedly have attended the obligatory end-of-season party. Win, lose or draw the team gets together one last time to celebrate the season, whether grilling by the pool or at the local pizza place. This has always been an enjoyable event for me as both [...]
Filed under: Coaching, Parenting on December 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have to admit, at first I was a little confused about all the hubbub surround recent allegations that Kansas football coach Mark Mangino is responding to. Incidents of verbal abuse, grabbing kids and poking them in the chest would certainly be an issue at the level that I coach (young kids from 5-10 [...]
Filed under: Coaching on November 20th, 2009 | No Comments »
As sportsmanship, class and restraint go, the sucker punch that Oregon’s LeGarrette Blount landed on the face of Boise State’s Byron Hout at the end of the Boise State-Oregon matchup earlier this year left everything to be desired. Granted, there is no question that he was provoked and baited into losing his cool, something that [...]
Filed under: Coaching, Parenting on November 11th, 2009 | No Comments »
One of the things that you will encounter as you and your child get involved in youth athletics is something that we old-timers affectionately refer to as “Daddy Ball”. “Daddy Ball” occurs most prominently in leagues made up of seven to eleven year olds in just about any sport, and depending on how it is handled by the coach and the parents, it can have a detrimental effect on the whole sporting experience for all involved.
Filed under: Coaching on October 29th, 2009 | 5 Comments »